Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1887-06-02
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dtanatoh from Altoona, Friday night
oans Tn-nirbt. as the fast line train west
vas nearing KIttaning Point, the wneei 81
cnr on a freight train coming oAst puts..
and ire car crashed into two passehfsf
coaches with terrible eleot, kliink ~
stnntly four men and injufinE many o.n .'t,,,
FselagTarns were sent 10 this city for phy-
sio,ans and All that could b. procured were
1ataIled 10 tho wreck. The killed nre ~
Sollnws. Dal Graham, son OF ex-bpeakof
Grahnm. Allegheny; ]. II. Stauifer OF LeWls.
villa ohio: Wymer Snyder, one-iegReu
nam Nam III Shamokln, and John Doris,
nsnshov. Of East Liberty. Frank McCue,
~ NJ East Thirty.third street, New YORK
citv. will die. Charles Beldelman, oil Brin-
fleid, Noble county, Ind, 10 dying.
The injured are: A. Agen, fayeuav,no,
N. 4, head and side, not serious uiara
Aibert OF Flint, Mich, slightly lnlufe1i tne
n"v Iohn Afford OF Beaver Falls, Penn,
slight injuries; Hattie Luckett, eoiored' o.
Alsxandria, Va, not seriously; the Roy: y.
n Porter colorad, OF Deirgit, Mich. Edith
1eiae. aged II years, travelling with her
mnther waa FRUSTRATED by the shock, but
moi inInred 10 any extent. No passengers
oeeupylng sleeping or parlor cars we're IN
iured. The accident was an unavoidaple
one. and tho worst that has happened nor
wears on the Pennsylvania raiiroau' Ino
Injured were brought 70 this city anu mauo
as comfortable us possible.
PrrTsBun0, Pa, May 29.-The Latest 70.
| morris from the scene OF the accident ~
| Horseshoe Bend on the Pennsylvania rnil.
road INST night state that eight we're killed
and Az injured. Four were killed outright
| and the others have since died. Inc III
fated train arrived at the Union dopof, IN
| this city, at 4,30 O'Clock this morning WIN
some 30 passengers ABOARD.
| For four long hours group OF anxious
MORALS paeed up and down the passages
lingering impatlently and In awful sus'
peise AZ to the fate Of their friends wnc
had taken massage on the fast line and wert
expected 10 arrive In the city at u. IN
O'Clock last night. Many were the inquiries
Of the depot officials regarding the MATURE
Of the terrible accident of which oil nae
heard, but either they could not or wonie
not give the particulars. Every minut'
seemed an hour TO the waiting crown ~. ny.
arrival OF tho wrecked train, all eyes wer'
turned toward IL.
Almost the flrst person to step from tn
train was Miss Mcmahon, a school-teache
in Florida, who was on her way to ne
home In Beaver Valley, this state. Mis-
Mcmahon furnished an. account OF tn
awful catastrophe which overlook the las
line train. The story Is best told In ne
} own words, as follows: II was sittin
about the middle of the second coach fron
, | the engine Tho train was running at
! high rate Of speed when the accident hap
pened, The shock was terrific. va
thrown violently against tho SEQ
: in front OF me. The train stoppe
suddenly, In minute all wa
q confusion and was at loss :
/. know what had happened. / soon hear
shrleks from tho passengers In the eogc
!, In the rear OF the one ! was In and
:. once knew that somathing awful had nal
pened. | raised the window and locke
out. The sight frightened me. Inc ontii
7 sides OF the two coaches Immediately
IS the rear Of the one l was In were crushe
in. / could SEQ the passengers climbin
i. out over tho coal cars lying on the adjoiI
ing track. The passengers who were NJ
y injured assisted In removing the killed an
. wounded II was sight that will new
. forget, Several women In the Cur swoone
q away when they saw what hnd happened
II MIR, J.H. Peach OF Bellevue, Mi1lln count
r this state, was u passenger on the thil
d coach from the smoking car and gave
d graphic account OF the heart.rendif
scenes which followed the death-deallr
= :, crash. 81 was sitting" he said "about fol
u seats to the rear Of Dale Graham, when u
J. trains eollidad. The entire side of o.
{, coach was crushed, and young draha
3 was literally buried beneath tho ruins. N
m q moan escaped his lips, and he mu
X have died instantly, for he was abo
a the first Victim Wa sot about
recover. When extrlcated from the wre'
y his form was llfcless. The side Of the c
d was crushed down on top OF him and tn
10 with n large quantity of coal from &
Of freight car, had crushed the young maj
Nd life before any assistance could be rnndere
n. never want to witness such distressi
"A scenes again, II makes my flesh quly
- when think about It. The piercing shrie
4. OF women, mingled with tho agonlzl
70 cries of mon, completely overpow
th me now, although when the 8
2 calamity occurred managed to keep p
re session Of my senses and aided In reseui
he the victims TO the best OF my ability.
n must have been running at the rate of abe
=. 80 miles an hour at the time the collision
10 Cured, and the freight should Judge v
~ going about IL miles an hour The freight v
III heavily loaded, and the terrible era
rs caused II panic among the passengers.
N, surprised that three times as many w
not dashed into eternity"